The feeling of suddenly falling from the noise into a dead silence was terrible.

Xiuge couldn't even tell if the magical connection between himself and the group of magical rats had been severed or "blocked".

It stands to reason that Alexandra and Bernhardt's family will are now "tied" to their metal discs, and if these magical rats dissipate due to external attacks, they will immediately return to the metal disc itself, just like the previous running rats.

But now, the metal disc was empty, and Shug could only see Snicky crouching on the edge of the nest in a daze.

As the power carrier of the magic rat swarm, it also felt this strange situation, but the head of the running rat obviously couldn't understand the complex principle, so all it could do now was to be in a daze and scratch its head.

Feeling Xiuge's gaze, the Running Rat immediately raised its head, and pointed to the empty mouse hole with its tail, and then looked at Xiuge seriously, its face full of confusion, and its green eyes were full of confusion.

It could be seen that it was eager to get the answer from Xiuge.

"Don't look at me, I don't understand!"

Shuge frowned and withdrew his attention from the spiritual world and looked towards the shadows of the hills ahead.

At this time, Wei Lin was also aware of the anomaly in the hilly area, because just now, a blue-winged raven she had summoned using the medium of the bird's skull suddenly lost control while flying towards the Black Forest Fort.

Almost everyone saw that the raven, which had been flying at high speed, suddenly dissipated into sporadic points of magical light in the night, and the bird's skull, which was the medium of the blue-winged raven's summoning, fell limply from the sky.

A similar situation occurred with other mages in the same group.

As long as it is a magic summon, it will immediately disconnect from its own summoner upon entering the hilly area in front of it, and will dissipate as a result.

This made Shug feel uneasy, and although he didn't have much of a sense of belonging to the Ernst family, the will of Alexandra and Bernhardt was now part of his power, and it would be a bit of a loss if they disappeared so easily.

Fortunately, just as the casters were talking, the magical connection with the rats was suddenly re-established, and as the magic flowed, the voices of Alexandra and other spirits came back intermittently.

"Lady Mel is above! What just happened?"

The former legendary countess seemed a little frightened: "I thought we were going to disappear because we lost our magic!"

Hearing this, Xiuge hurriedly confirmed the location of the magic rat group, and found that they had retreated to the edge of the hill area.

Thankfully, these magical rats are different from ordinary summons, and although they also need to rely on a constant supply of mana to function normally, they are still able to ensure their existence by continuously reducing the number of rats to compress their mana for a period of time after the mana connection is severed.

….

It can be said that these family wills have once again ensured their own continuity and existence through their own keen judgment.

Shocked by the situation inside the hill, Alexandra explained, "At first everything was normal, but as we got closer to the top of the hill, your voice became quieter and quieter. At first, people thought you weren't talking to us, but soon the connection between us and you disappeared completely."

Bernhardt's voice came out, "So at that time, I gathered everyone together, and everyone went back the way they came...... Luckily, we didn't go too far into it, so we ended up getting out in time."

"Thank you."

Xiuge breathed a sigh of relief, he just glanced at the rat nest in the metal disc, and found that although the number of these magical rat groups was seriously reduced, there was no serious loss of the family's will itself, which meant that as long as he gave enough magic power,

The rat colonies were soon able to regain their original form.

And now, the strange movement that enveloped the entire hill has put a dilemma in front of everyone.

Either risk the unknown and move on, or immediately turn around and go back the way you came.

If they choose the latter, it means that their mission will fail, and the entire Black Forest Fort stronghold, the soldiers stationed inside it, and the crystallized cannons that will be extremely important to the entire hunting regiment will be completely abandoned.

Faced with the anomaly in the hilly area, Wei Lin gave her preliminary judgment: "It's a magic anomaly...... It could be some kind of disturbance created by a large magical ritual set up in the area ahead, which directly interferes with the operation of the magic and in doing so, severes our connection with the summons."

Verin's voice paused slightly, then she sighed and said, "It seems that some people don't want us to use these methods to probe the situation inside, and they want us to go straight inside."

So a stream-level military mage immediately stood up bravely.

He was a Wattle nobleman with a deep love and loyalty to his country, so he selected a few equally fearless soldiers, mounted his horses, and set out along the road.

Hugg's eyes were firmly fixed on the brave and fearless pathfinder team, and they continued to advance at a constant speed, and soon passed through a checkpoint set up by the hunting regiment at the bottom of the hill, which was of course empty, and Hug could even see a Kalfan heavy machine gun placed behind the bunker, a weapon that had been so brilliant in the war, but now lost its operator.

The members of the Pathfinder Team seemed to be doing well, and the noble mage in the lead even summoned a mage's hand to greet the large army behind him, which was enough to show that he was still able to cast spells normally.

His calmness and composure relieved everyone a little.

However, this ease did not last long, and the accident suddenly happened after the advancing procession passed an ancient figure erected on the side of the road.

A soldier of the Chesseur Regiment on horseback suddenly slowed down, his body shook twice, and then he fell off his horse, while the others next to him seemed to be in a different situation.

….

Shug saw that one of the soldiers had wanted to dismount to help his companion, but after he landed, he was visibly unable to control his balance, and after walking two steps, he fell to the ground, but he was not unconscious, but continued to try to get up, but his limbs were obviously a little disobedient, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not get back on his feet.

Another soldier lay directly on his horse's back and began to vomit violently.

The brave noble mage of the Council was noticeably better, and he slapped his head twice as if it would relieve the pain, and then he turned his horse's head, and without bothering to help the soldiers, he began to gallop straight down the same path.

Someone instinctively wanted to rush over to help, but then the mage screamed, "Don't come in! Don't come in!"

His shout was so hard that it could even be said to be heartbreaking, but before he could shout two words, his body fell directly on the horse's back, and the war horse he was riding seemed to have fallen into some kind of abnormal state, the corners of its mouth began to foam, and its movements began to twist and deform as if it was drunk, but it did not slow down, but slammed straight into the direction of the big team at full speed.

Seeing that the frantic war horse was about to crash into the crowd with the mage, several pitch-black tentacles suddenly swept out from the side, and under the manipulation of Xiuge, they wrapped around the body of the war horse with precision and agility, and actually forcibly stopped the war horse with their own tenacity and explosive strength.

At the same time, a soft field of magic was quickly constructed by Wei Lin, who deftly caught the mage who had fallen from his horse and slowly placed him on the ground.

The horse was still struggling, and Hug noticed that the horse's gaze was extremely glazed, and its mind and instincts seemed to be severely disturbed, and it faced the external pressure it exerted

The threat of death brought by the force and the touch of Calon did not even care, and even dared to bite the black tentacles on the side of his head with his mouth.

And the diagnosis of the mage came out quickly.

Wei Lin stood up from the mage's side, her expression becoming extremely grim: "It looks like the symptoms are similar to the 'Mana Break, but the symptoms themselves are severely amplified...... The pressure he is under now is probably several times more than that of ordinary magic breaks, and if he continues to maintain this state, his spirit will completely collapse."

As she spoke, she looked at the ordinary soldiers who had failed to leave the hilly area, and the brave men and the horses they were riding were lying on the ground, as if they had stopped moving.

"And, unlike the regular magic break, even ordinary people and animals are now affected."

She narrowed, "There's magic in the hills, and it's supposed to be against all living things."

Xiuge came to the side of the war horse that was controlled by himself, this sturdy war horse seemed to have gone completely crazy, its mouth was constantly foaming at the mouth, and its eyes were constantly congested and red, as if in the next second, blood would drip from it.

….

He tried to unleash his magical perception and envelop the warhorse, and in the next moment, an extremely disordered and manic magic fluctuation came out of the body of the warhorse, and Xiuge could even feel that the strange magic was constantly rushing into the body of the warhorse, and it was its presence that made the warhorse painful and crazy.

Sensing the source of the problem, Shug immediately came to the mage's side.

His situation is similar to that of the crazy war horse, except that because the caster's body originally contained magic power, he did not become crazy because of the invasion of foreign magic power, but because he had just come out of danger, his state had not yet recovered, and his eyes were extremely distracted.

And when Xiuge tried to feel the nature of this anomalous magic further, the metal disc that had been rotating at a constant speed finally reacted.

It's starting to accelerate.

Although the increase in speed is limited, based on Xiuge's past experience, it is indeed a change that occurs when danger and hidden dangers are felt.

And as Xiuge further mobilized his senses and tried to touch the strange magic, a feeling that was very familiar and disgusted came to him.

Shug will never forget how he felt when he left the city of Seren and was attacked by the Descendants of the Abyss in the sewers, the sticky, cold, and malicious power was so impressive, and now, Hug sensed a very similar essence in this magical movement.

This force seems to feed on the will, mind, and power of living beings, and is constantly trying to strengthen itself.

So Xiuge decisively raised his hand and pressed it on the shoulder of the mage in front of him, so the disgusting magic movement was immediately transmitted, and its appearance caused the speed of the metal disc to increase in an all-round way, but now Xiuge is no longer the beginner spellcaster who only wants to escape from Seren City in a hurry, in the face of the invasion of this external force, his own will and spirit alone are enough to complete the confrontation.

Like crushing a bug that accidentally crawled into his room, the cold magic that was about to move was wiped out on the spot under the surging magic and spiritual frenzy.

After completing this, Shugg looked up at the Votel officer and Willin on the side and said, "Go back, the Black Forest Fort is obviously not normal, if we continue to move forward, then not only will we not be able to bring out the crystallized cannon inside, but we may even lose more people, it is the most correct choice to bring this information back to the position and report it to Bolden."

To the other mages and the officer, Xiuge's words sounded like a reasonable suggestion, but to the ears of Wei Lin, a scholar who already knew something about the Black Sun Society, Xiuge's words were a clear indication of his judgment.

But at that moment, someone next to him exclaimed, "Look! They've woken up!"

Hearing this, Xiuge hurriedly turned his head, but saw that he found that in front of this road,

The soldiers who had passed out from the magic movement staggered to their feet, and they quickly straightened up, as if they had regained consciousness.

The soldiers, however, remained still, except for one of them, who turned around and walked towards the same path with a very mechanical pace.

It wasn't long before he was in front of the crowd, and Shug saw that the soldier's eyes flashed with a dark magical aura, and his face had a smile that was almost identical to the corpse he had seen in the lake before.

The next second, the soldier spoke.

"We cordially extend an invitation to you, Mr. Schug Ernst...... We would love to have you visit Fort Black Forest."

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